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Photos by Richard Hall, 1955
Higham Ferrers - New Vicarage
1955 ceremony to lay the foundation  stone

laying the stone
R to L: John Roddis (churchwarden), Harold Newell (church treasurer), Bert White (churchwarden), the next man is the builder’s site manager, next man laying the stone, then to his left Canon Ford, the then Vicar. Lady 4th from left is Alma Hall.

old almost gone
foundation stone
building work well under way
mid-right: the back of the old vicarage front door
Foundation stone
with the date 1955.
The new vicarage being built in
place of the old.


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